And you allow him no more to do anything for his father or his mother;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Christ says, “Care for the poor”; Mammon says, “Take away even those things the poor possess.” Christ says, “Empty yourself of what you have”; Mammon says, “Take also what they possess.” Do you see the opposition, the strife between them? See how it is that one cannot obey both, but must reject one? … Christ says, “None of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions”; Mammon says, “Take the bread from the hungry.” Christ says, “Cover the naked”; the other says, “Strip the naked.” Christ says, “You shall not turn away from your own family, and those of your own house”; Mammon says, “You shall not show mercy to those of your own family. Though you see your mother or your father in want, despise them.”
